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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Another person who agrees that the original poster was over the top about teaching. I teach in high school and am able to get all my planning done at school and most of my grading as well. I also have more than 500 hours of sick leave saved - I have been teaching for 14 years in FCPS. The summers ofF are great and I don't have to put my kids in camp. That said, I do think there are elements to teaching that are not family friendly. I can rarely attend events at my kids' school because I am teaching and cannot just leave for an hour to attend a party, volunteer, etc. When my kids are sick, I have to provide sub plans which is not fun when kids (or I) get sick in the middle of the night. This happened last week and I was writing sub plans at 11 pm after getting sick. It is difficult to schedule dr's appts for my kids because I cannot go into work late or run out during the day. Also there are days where I am very emotionally spent when I get home and have little patience for my own kids because I have been dealing with my students all day. So there are good things about teaching and difficult things.[/quote]

This was exactly my experience. I SAH until my youngest started kindergarten.  I went back part-time teaching pre-k.  It was perfect, except for the things you listed -  it was difficult when my kids were sick or when they had activities at their schools.  I really didn't take work home that often, but I did have a planning period and I took advantage of the time I had while my kids were out if the classroom at music, art, and recess.

I left teaching to become the children's program director at a fitness center.  It really is the perfect job.  I have lots of flexibility. And it's fun!  
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